The Hemisphere: REDS AROUND CASTRO

At the recent foreign ministers' meeting at Punta del Este, Cuban
delegates hinted that their country will soon be run by a
"politbuiro." Besides the original triumvirate of Fidel
Castro, Brother Raúl and Che Guevara, these Reds are favorite
candidates for the "collective leadership":

BLAS ROCA (real name, Francisco Calderio), 53, Secretary General of the
Communist Party and usually regarded as the No. 1 Communist in Cuba. The son of a
Manzanillo shoe-factory worker. Roca became secretary general of the
Cuban Communist Party in 1934, a post that he has held ever since. In...